N00770:20
A monitory, and hortatory letter, to those English, who debauch the Indians, by selling…
A monitory, and hortatory letter, to those English, who debauch the Indians, by selling strong drink unto them. Written at the desire of some Christians, to whom the mischiefs arising from that vile trade, are matters of much apprehension and lamentation. : [Eleven lines of quotations in Latin]
Boston, N.E. : s.n., Printed in the year 1700
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
O full of all mischief, thou Child of the Devil, thou Enemy of all Righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? Certainly, the Servants of the Lord Jesus Christ, obstructed by your means in their Service to Him, and the Success of His Word, may say to such a Drink-Seller, O thou doer of unknown mischief, by bewitching the poor Indians against all Good by the Word of God; Why ⟨p. 12⟩dost thou so much gratify the Devil, and show thy Enmity to all Righteousness, by making it impossible for the Indians to leave their old Indian Tracks, or to learn the right ways of the Lord? Even the French Missionaries cry, Shame, upon you, as Acosta long since did also upon his own Country-men; and they who Teach Idolatry to the Indians, are Scandalized at it, that you Teach them Drunkenness: Both of them indeed are Damnable; but your part is far more inexcusable than Theirs; They Think, that they Save the Souls of the Pagans, you know that you Damn them.
O full of all mischief, thou Child of the Devil, thou Enemy of all Righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right wayes of the Lord? Certainly, the Servants of the Lord Jesus Christ, obstructed by your means in their Service to Him, and the Success of His Word, may say to such a Drink-Seller, O thou doer of unknown mischief, by bewitching the poor Indians against all Good by the Word of God; Why ⟨p. 12⟩dost thou so much gratify the Devil, and show thy Enmity to all Righteousness, by making it impossible for the Indians to leave their old Indian Tracks, or to learn the right ways of the Lord? Even the French Missionaries cry, Shame, upon you, as Acosta long since did also upon his own Country-men; and they who Teach Idolatry to the Indians, are Scandalized at it, that you Teach them Drunkenness: Both of them indeed are Damnable; but your part is far more inexcusable than Theirs; They Think, that they Save the Souls of the Pagans, you know that you Damn them.
Can you now without some consternation Reflect upon the Scandal that you give? For a man to have the Blood of Souls to answer for; truly, 'tis a Tremendous Thing! Has that man himself any Interest in a CHRIST, or can he hope for it, who does what he can to keep others, Without Christ, and Without Hope? Did that man ever consent, that the Lord should Reign over himself, who does what he can, that the Lord may not Reign over others? Or will not the Lord in His just Vengeance Destroy those Enemies who thus would not have him to Reign? Is any one Sin yet pardoned unto that man, who does what he can, to keep others from seeking after the pardon of their Sin, and plunge them into more Sin? Is not that man yet under the formidable Wrath of God, who does what he can to keep others with that Wrath abiding on them, and from seeking to be delivered from the Wrath to come? Can that man